With Anonymous having ceased DDoS attacks so that the PSN consumers would not be harmed, and with George Hotz’s case having recently been settled, the future of the group’s war on Sony was uncertain. The collective of hackers and DDoSers have now released a PR statement regarding their future intentions.

"On April 16th, we will take the protests against Sony to the streets. We encourage anyone who is able to come to a nearby Sony Store to support the cause, even if you are not usually involved with Anonymous. This is not just about Anonymous – this is about your rights."

Lol props to sony for actually having the balls to face all these hackers head on and not sit down once it got serious..

Now look, they effed over geo hot(also turned hackers against him), caused fear for alot of hackers now that they are able to impose such rules.. and now anon are resorting to public protests and begging for randoms to join lol..

Anonymous was joking around to begin with but almost everyone here on N4G took it way to seriously. Their just pranksters and attention getters. Nothing major is going to happen and nothing will happen ever. In general there shouldn't have been post's about "Anon" to begin with all that did was give them 15 minutes of fame and what happened? Nothing.

They won't do anything period, all of what their saying is horseshit and no one should have paid any attention to it from the start.

Edit: Anon is just a joke, their not a big deal at all, I don't understand why you would disagree with me.

Because it's true, almost every N4Ger here didn't know who Anon was at all and panicked because of it when the news post's started here. I do know what I'm talking about because 4chan is the breeding ground for Anonymous and where every "trolling" idea comes to place. Don't believe me? Check it out and visit the site for yourself. I know what "anon" is capable of and what they can't do. So don't tell me I have no clue on what I'm talking about because I do.

If Anonymous is so bord and has to wreek havoc with Sony I think they need to go out and get laid or grow a set and leave those who want to game in piece and quiet. What they are doing is a form of Cyber Terrorisim like strapping a bomb to themselves to prove a point. Sony is providing a service by building a great network a great piece of hardware and great games to play and enjoy. No differant than Nintendo or Microsoft I just hate it when you try to play a game fairly and honestly online and a hacker has to have his way to get his jollies off by ruining it for everybody else.

In response to their little protest, how about no. If I want to fight for my freedoms, I'll do so through the proper channels, rather than going about it like a prepubescent teen and crying all over the internet for help.

hmm british laws huh. glad we got this out of the way. "the ant farm is in brit'n boys, get the bug spray!" no realy they always think there logic is superior to everyone hence what ever goes threw there minds they feel obligated to shadow them on to everyone. public humiliation anyone? too bad there isnt an hacking protest on that day dwarfing there little sony boycot. nothing but trouble.

I don't think they realized that the majority of the gamers were not Team Geo, and that DDoS attacks on PSN would make everyone with a PS3 hate them.

They're usually on the "right" side. Against scientology, sided with wikileaks, etc. People can get behind stuff like that. It's more black and white. Sony, however, was just fighting for their right to defend their stuff. GeoHot wasn't innocent in this.

i do not agree with anonymous about the Sony protest and honestly i don't think many people will show up.But i do agree with

"We do not agree with Sony forcing social media sites like Youtube to hand over the IP addresses of people who viewed GeoHots videos. We view this as a severe violation of privacy rights. We disagree with Sony forcefully gathering personal information from other companies like PayPal. We find it unacceptable that Sony is even permitted to request this information in the first place. These acts are completely disrespectful and unforgivable."

tho i do think they are going a bit overboard and maybe over reacting a bit,tbh they should be fighting for rights with governments not Sony sure Sony is a big fish but there are even bigger fish that could use some frying,besides i like Sony products i have never had any problems with there electronics in my experience and they have earned my respect as a costumer i know i can trust a product from Sony.Samsung,Panasonic,and Sony have always been my favorites but i guess it all depends on what I'm buying :P

Anonymous if you really want to make a difference you need to fight the law on this one..not Sony, right idea wrong target.

Hmmm, let's see - Should I go on a protest against Tory government cuts in the UK that will affect millions in a negative way, or should I indulge a bunch of prebubescent tits who haven't a clue how the big wide "real world" actually works?